Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Stone, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Robert Stone registered to vote in Harrison County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Robert Stone
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Stone
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Stone"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Stones elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 50 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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